Alexander von Linsingen

Alexander von Linsingen (10 February 1850-5 June 1935) was a Colonel-General of the Imperial German Army during World War I.

Biography
Alexander von Linsingen was born on 10 February 1850 in Hildesheim, Hanover, and he joined the Prussian army in 1868. Von Linsingen never served on the general staff, and it was unusual that he became a general without such experience. At the start of World War I, he was a corps commander, and his corps took part in the First Battle of the Marne before being transferred to Eastern Galicia to fight against the Russian Empire. In 1916, his army group repelled the Brusilov Offensive of the Imperial Russian Army, and he led the German advance into the Ukraine after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. In 1918, his army group was disbanded, and he died in 1935.